When you are repeatedly subtracting or taking away. Or when you are breaking something up into groups.
Division
126 ÷ 9
14
A cat has 126 baby sloths over 9 years. How many babies per year does a cat have?
14 babies per year
147 ÷ 7
21
419 ÷ 7
59 r6
What are the steps to division?
Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, Repeat or Remainder
534 ÷ 6
89
While making a toy castle Noah creates 256 rooms over 4 different floors. If they are distributed evenly, how many rooms are on each floor?
64 rooms
135 ÷ 3
45
343 ÷5
68 r3
The number on the outside of the division equation. The number you are dividing by.
Divisor
147 ÷ 3
49
Andrew cuts 280 slices of watermelon and divided them evenly among 5 platters. How many watermelon slices are on each platter?
56 watermelon slices
792 ÷ 8
99
393 ÷4
98 r1
The number on the inside of the division equation. The number being divided.
Dividend
245 ÷ 7
35
Cohen owns 138 marbles. He divides those marbles and shares them evenly with 6 friends. How many marbles does each friend get?
23 marbles
637 ÷ 7
91
563 ÷ 3
187 r2
Answer to a division problem
Quotient
232 ÷ 8
29
While making a toy castle Jacob creates 100 rooms over 4 different floors. If they are distributed evenly, how many rooms are on each floor?
25 rooms
609 ÷ 7
87
7,658 ÷ 8
957 r2